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length FunctionThe length function returns the length of a given object.
Syntax
Alchemy
length(ident);
Nomenclature
| ident | Required. An object to find the length of. |
Returns
The length function returns an integer. Given:
- an array length will return the number of elements in the array
- a string length will return the number of characters in the string
- a line length will return the length of the line in meters
Example
$arr = array.new("T","e","l","o","g","i","s"); PRINT length($arr); PRINT length("shapefile");
The above code snippet produces the following output:
7 9 |